diff --git a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
index ba009bb7a6..2939fdc4ed 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
@@ -2327,42 +2327,27 @@ writing code that contains string literals that contain code themselves.")
 (define-public ecl-pythonic-string-reader
   (sbcl-package->ecl-package sbcl-pythonic-string-reader))
 
-(define-public sbcl-slime-swank
+;; SLIME does not have a ASDF system definition to build all of Swank.  As a
+;; result, the asdf-build-system/sbcl will produce an almost empty package.
+;; Some work was done to fix this at
+;; https://github.com/sionescu/slime/tree/swank-asdf but it was never merged
+;; and is now lagging behind.  Building SBCL fasls might not be worth the
+;; hassle, so let's just ship the source then.
+(define-public cl-slime-swank
   (package
-    (name "sbcl-slime-swank")
-    (version "2.22")
+    (name "cl-slime-swank")
+    (version "2.24")
     (source
      (origin
        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (method git-fetch)
        (uri (git-reference
-             ;; (url "https://github.com/slime/slime/")
-             ;; (commit "841f61467c03dea9f38ff9d5af0e21a8aa29e8f7")
-             ;; REVIEW: Do we need sionescu's patch to package SWANK?
-             (url "https://github.com/sionescu/slime/")
-             ;; (commit "swank-asdf")
-             (commit "2f7c3fcb3ac7d50d844d5c6ca0e89b52a45e1d3a")))
+             (url "https://github.com/slime/slime/")
+             (commit (string-append "v" version))))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         ;; "065bc4y6iskazdfwlhgcjlzg9bi2hyjbhmyjw3461506pgkj08vi"
-         "0pkmg94wn4ii1zhlrncn44mdc5i6c5v0i9gbldx4dwl2yy7ibz5c"))
-       (modules '((guix build utils)))
-       (snippet
-        '(begin
-           (substitute* "contrib/swank-listener-hooks.lisp"
-             ((":compile-toplevel :load-toplevel ") ""))
-           (substitute* "contrib/swank-presentations.lisp"
-             ((":compile-toplevel :load-toplevel ") ""))
-           (substitute* "swank.asd"
-             ((":file \"packages\".*" all)
-              (string-append all "(:file \"swank-loader-asdf\")\n")))
-           (substitute* "swank-loader-asdf.lisp"
-             ((":common-lisp" all) (string-append all " #:asdf")))
-           #t))))
-    (build-system asdf-build-system/sbcl)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:asd-file "swank.asd"
-       #:asd-system-name "swank"))
+         "0js24x42m7b5iymb4rxz501dff19vav5pywnzv50b673rbkaaqvh"))))
+    (build-system asdf-build-system/source)
     (home-page "https://github.com/slime/slime")
     (synopsis "Common Lisp Swank server")
     (description
@@ -2371,6 +2356,9 @@ processes that doesn't run under Emacs.  Lisp processes created by
 @command{M-x slime} automatically start the server.")
     (license (list license:gpl2+ license:public-domain))))
 
+(define-public sbcl-slime-swank
+  (deprecated-package "sbcl-slime-swank" cl-slime-swank))
+
 (define-public sbcl-mgl-pax
   (let ((commit "818448418d6b9de74620f606f5b23033c6082769"))
     (package
@@ -2395,7 +2383,7 @@ processes that doesn't run under Emacs.  Lisp processes created by
          ("ironclad" ,sbcl-ironclad)
          ("named-readtables" ,sbcl-named-readtables)
          ("pythonic-string-reader" ,sbcl-pythonic-string-reader)
-         ("swank" ,sbcl-slime-swank)))
+         ("swank" ,cl-slime-swank)))
       (synopsis "Exploratory programming environment and documentation generator")
       (description
        "PAX provides an extremely poor man's Explorable Programming
diff --git a/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm b/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
index ae63ca6cc5..9010c26897 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ features for productive professionals.")
          ("quri" ,sbcl-quri)
          ("sqlite" ,sbcl-cl-sqlite)
          ("str" ,sbcl-cl-str)
-         ("swank" ,sbcl-slime-swank)
+         ("swank" ,cl-slime-swank)
          ("trivia" ,sbcl-trivia)
          ("trivial-clipboard" ,sbcl-trivial-clipboard)
          ("unix-opts" ,sbcl-unix-opts)